Small APO or Large ACHRO

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

You will be impressed with how well a127mm achromat performs , great all round scope.
Brian.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

Yes 127L it is.
Not looking at any other scope sites or shops until l have the Bresser. To many choices and just could not afford a 100mn APO.
Too many choices.

[doug mc]

Hope to hear about the scope after you have used it. Let us know.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

It's on it's way

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Photos Rod , I might have to come over for a look when it arrives , I like the look of these scopes , kinda sexy.
Brian.

[SkyWatch (Dean)]

Sounds great: looking forward to your "first light" review. What mount are your getting?

All the best!

- Dean

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

The Bresser exos-2 mount and tripod. Whatever that is?
Should hold the scope fairly well.

We're sure to catch up soon enough Brian, you want to try the scope and l want to learn some basics. we've both got something to gain

Going to be a long wait though. It took 5 weeks to get a box of motorbike parts out of Germany, two box's and 25kg could take quite a while.

Now to learn about long v short barlows and figure out what EP AFOV might be best and at what FL to complement a 26mm 52°AFOV which gives 46 mag @1.13°TFOV.
Yet to do all the maths but a 2.5 x barlow and a 20mm EP would give me 46, 60, 120 and 150 x magnification.
Well shy of the 250 x theoretically useful magnification if my noob brain is right. No point going for that magnification yet.

I will say l am enjoying the learning.

[Atmos (Colin)]

150x mag is plenty on most nights unless the seeing is pretty good (thinking planetary and luna views here) so there isn't too much of a rush to go beyond that

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

The Bresser mount is the. EQ5 type , plenty solid enough for the. 127 , these are good mounts.
Yes. 150-200x is about max unless the night is a very good one , we get a few of those a year in Rockingham .
Motor bike parts. ,? Mmm what do you have Rod ? , I also ride so it looks to be another reason to catch up.
Brian.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

I might have to come over for a look when it arrives, kinda sexy.
Brian.

You're starting to worry me Brian.

[silv (Annette)]

4 weeks? at least, you'll have shipment tracking to feed your fantasies.
It's the GOTO version, is it?

I don't know what they're doing in Frankfurt Customs... that's probably where the bottleneck is, right?
At least it was for my tiny shipment from China.
All the laws and regulations which Germany is infamous for, also cover the physical handling of packages.
Before you touch a package, there's the Union to contact about whether or not this is a female or male package - or transgender - and how you're supposed to grab it.
After gathering the information, there's the announcement: "Tomorrow, this package is going to be touched."
And a team of observers is scheduled to stand by - and to discuss this first performed physical contact.
The second, the real contact, can only happen after the observation team has given the Okay to proceed.
If the assigned handling person for this particular package is now on vacation or sick leave, either a new observed handling test has to be performed and judged - or the package will wait for the approved handler to come back to work.

That's the first step.

After the package is lifted to the examination table, a new Union contact, observing team, handling person, test and so forth must happen before the shipping documents and the package can be scrutinized.
This is likely happening ~ 10 days after initial shipment.

I'm sorry.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

No it's not the goto mount.
Refuse to trust cheap electronics.

First email from UPS said 10/10/1_ delivery.
Second email a few minutes later said delivery delayed.
It usually gets to Sydney in reasonable time. After that it goes by postie bike the long way.

Checked out the 17.4% waxing Crescent moon before with my $20 Polaris by Meade wobbly dirty ep scope.
Nice view, can't wait to spot the Martians on Mars.

[glend (Glen)]

I have had scopes sent from TS via UPS in a week, but if it arrives on Friday it may sit around awaiting clearance until Monday, unless the customs guys are on strike again, then add another day. They are getting pretty good at wacking GST on things now, and UPS should ring you with the inbound tax to be paid. It will be held till you pay the amount owing.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

72hr from shop in Germany to Changi Singapore.
Lens' and barlow from Andrews arrived today, the wait is killing me.

[silv (Annette)]

hmm, accelerating towards the rising sun.... blue shift .... gaining weight as perceived by you ....
maybe it'll touch down in AUS as a 150mm!

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

It better bloody not!
Took me long enough to talk myself out of the 152L package.
Tuesday or Wednesday, weather forecast is 101%

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

Now taking up a large amount of desk space at my work.
Pictures in a day or two.

No gst either which was good.

[silv (Annette)]

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Wow that that was fast , looking forward to some photos of your sexy new refractor.
Just wait until you look at the moon at 100x or so. I'll knock you socks off.

Brian.

[Red_Dog (Rod)]

And we have crystal clear skies for the best part of 4 nights, who would of thunk it?